Earthquake hits Haiti (Jan. 2010)

Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times

Etienne Louis, 7, left, and his brother Samuel, 5, try to listen to their teacher despite an argument in the courtyard of Plein Soleil school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Etienne Louis, 7, left, and his brother Samuel, 5, try to listen to their teacher despite an argument in the courtyard of Plein Soleil school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

At the Plein Soleil elementary school, which provides education for impoverished boys, director Michel Vaillaud tells Haitians left homeless by the Jan. 12 earthquake that they must leave the grounds. An argument ensued.

At the Plein Soleil elementary school, which provides education for impoverished boys, director Michel Vaillaud tells Haitians left homeless by the Jan. 12 earthquake that they must leave the grounds. An argument ensued. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)